New development emerges as Supreme Court set to appoint 8 justices

  • The Supreme Court has announced plans to appoint eight judges to strengthen its depleting bench of justice
  • The appointments of eight judges are needed to help out with the ever-increasing workload of appeals from all across the country
  • However, the north-east geo-political region is excluded from the available eights slots for appointments

FCT, Abuja – The Supreme Court is set to appoint eight judges to fill the court’s bench to its full complement of 21 justices

The apex court currently has 13 judges and has been finding it difficult to get along amid a mounting workload from all kinds of appeals.